Study

Region

Species

Height range (m)

Stem diameter (cm)

Above ground biomass

N=

Komiyama (1999)

South East Asia

C. tagal (secondary)

-

-

92.24 t/ha

77

Slim et al. (1996)

Kenya

C. tagal (Natural)

3.0

-

40.1 t/ha

-

Kirui (2006)

Kipini Kenya

R. mucronata (Natural)

2.8 - 16.1

2.3 - 23.6

0.6 - 383.7 (kg Dw)

15

Kirui (2006)

Kipini Kenya

A. marina (Natural)

3.9 - 11.7

2.5 - 15.8

4.6 - 71.4 (kg Dw)

28

Kirui (2006)

Gazi Bay Kenya

A. marina (Natural)

2.1 - 11.3

3.7 - 21.8

7.2 - 127.3 (kg Dw)

51

Gang and Agatsiva (1992)

Kenya Mida Creek

R. mucronata C. tagal B. gymnorrhiza X. granatum

11,832 kg/ha 24,178 kg/ha 1029 kg/ha 514 kg/ha

23 47 2 1

Cohen et al. (2013)

Kenya Mida Creek

All tree species (Natural)

1.5 - 17.7

2.5 - 58

0.116 (Megatonn)

14

This study

Mida Creek (Natural)

C. tagal B. gymnorrhiza R. mucronata A. marina

1.3 - 10.3 2.0 - 5.8 1.5 - 12.2 1.3 - 4.6

5 - 46 7 - 49 5 - 31 9 - 49

130 t/ha 15.1 t/ha 135 t/ha 14.5 t/ha

640 30 193 26